- eskimoid
- \\ˈeskəˌmȯid\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalizedEtymology: Eskimo + -oid: resembling the Eskimo
their longer, narrower … faces were more Eskimoid than their successors — H.B.Collins
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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eskimoid — es·ki·moid … English syllables
Es|ki|moid — «EHS kuh moyd», adjective, noun. –adj. resembling the Eskimos; having the physical characteristics of Eskimos: »The Aleuts [are] an Eskimoid people who occupied the Aleutian Islands (Ernest Gruening). –n. member of an Eskimoid people … Useful english dictionary
Eskimo — Eskimoan, adj. Eskimoid /es keuh moyd /, adj. /es keuh moh /, n., pl. Eskimos, (esp. collectively) Eskimo for 1. 1. a member of an indigenous people of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, and northeastern Siberia, characterized by short, stocky… … Universalium
